Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Gobiesociformes > Family Gobiesocidae > Subfamily Gobiesocinae > Genus Lepadogaster

Lepadogaster lepadogaster (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Lepadogaster*	Goüan, 1770	accepted genus name
*Mirbelia*	Canestrini, 1864	synonym

Species group names

*Cyclopterus lepodogaster*	Bonnaterre, 1788	orthographic variant
*Cyclopterus lepadogaster*	Bonnaterre, 1788	synonym
*Lepadogaster lepadogaster lepadogaster*	(Bonnaterre, 1788)	synonym
*Lepadogaster zebrina*	Lowe, 1839	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: peshku sqepok sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Dutch: zuignapvis sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: shore clingfish sources: Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37

German: Napfschneckenbauch

Greek: Τζιτζίκι sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: Присоска одноцветная обыкновенная sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Ukrainian: Причепа одноколірна звичайна; Риба-присосок європейська

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A): 1-37
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. Panckoucke, Paris. i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B. 1-100.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Lepadogaster lepadogaster, Italy, by Guerrieri, S.)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Lepadogaster lepadogaster (Bonnaterre, 1788). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126518